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AIRSHIP STATION. APPLICATION FILED AFIEII. I5. I9I9.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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CHARLES SIMANIK, OF CALDOR STATION, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

AIRSHIP-STATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. a, 1919.

Application filed February 15, 1919. Serial No. 277,375.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES SIMANIK, of Caldor Station, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Airshi .-Stations, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in air ship stations and the objects vof the invention are to permit of the pilot, crew, observers or other passengers embarking and disemlbarking without the necessity of the airship descending to the ground, to simplify the construction of the station, to obviate jarring, to permit of the platform being rotated to suit the speed' at which the airship approaches the station, and generally to adapt the several parts to better perform the functions required of them.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the irnproved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved station.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 3 `is a plan view of the revolving platform.

Like characters of reference refer parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the improved station, comprising the frame l0 which is constructed of lattice-work and provided at the upper end with outer and inner concentrically arranged tracks 11 and' 12, the former of which is rigidly mounted on the` frame, while the latter is capable of vertical motion to'a limited extent, being provided with projections 13 extending downwardly into the tubular members 14 and coacting with the springs 15 housed therein, which are designed to eliminate jarring of the platform 16 rotatably supported by the said tracks.

The platform'16 consists of two circular sections 17 and 18, concentrically arranged, the latter of which is provided with a concentric orifce 19, through which the elevator shaft 20 extends, the said shaft being provided with the car 21 operatively supported therein by the cable 22 which passes around the pulley 23 located adjacent to the upper end of the shaft, the said cable then to like extending downwardly to engage with the rotatably supported drum 24, driven from the motor 25 or other prime mover by the belt drive 26.

The sections 17 and 18 are provided on their lower face with rollers 27 and 28 designed to engage with the tracks 11 and l2 respectively, while the outer periphery of the section 17 is also provided with a rail 29.

rThe inner section 18 of the platform together with the elevator shaft 20 are inclosed by a waiting room 30, built on the outer section 17 of the platform, the said waiting room being provided with doors through which passengers may pass from the elevator to the outer section of the platform or vice versa.

Provision is made for securing the airship to the section 17 of the platform 16 and consists of an extensible resilient member 31 carrying a grapple 32 `at the upper end which is adapted to engage with part of the framework of an airship which will continue circling when so engaged and the outer member 17 of the platform will thus rotate with the same speed as the airship.

It is essential that the inner section 18 of the platform should also be capable of rotating at the same speed as the outer section 17 and to this end I pivotally mount curvilinear brake-shoe 33 to the inner section 18 of the platform, the said shoe being capable of being pressed into engagement with they outer section 17 of the platform through the medium of the manually operated screw 34,.

Both sections o-f the platform when thus engaged may be brought to rest by the brakeshoe 35 pivotally mounted on the inner periphery of the central section 18, and adapted to be pressed into .engagement with the outer periphery of the elevator shaft 20,v by means of the' manually operated screw 36.

The assembly of the several parts of the station will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description. y

When the station is in use passengers and oiiicials gain access to the platform 16 through the medium of the elevator and as an airship approaches the station it is engaged by the grapple 32 and the outer section 17 of the platform rotates at the same speed with which the airship continues to.

circle.

IThe passengers may then leave 'the waiting room to embark and when the grapple 32 has been cast off from the airship it is free to continue its voyage orjourney.

The outer section 17 of the platform is then engaged bythe brakeshoe 33 and if the inner section 18 of the platform is being held at rest by the brake shoe 35, the outer section 17 will then be brought to rest, permitting of the disemfbarked passengers passing through the waiting-room and entering the elevator to descend to the ground.

From this description it will be seen that I have invented a station capable of being advantageously utilized for embarking or disembarking fromy airships, the platform being so arranged that there will be .no jarring when the airship is attached thereto, While the means for attaching the airship to the platform is of a'resilient extensible nature which further tends to eliminate shock.

Asi many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is: 11A station of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of concentric platforms rotatably supported on the frame, brake means intermediate of the platforms and resilient means operatively supporting the platform.

2. A station of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of concentrically arranged platforms rotatably supported on the frame, an elevator extending through the center platform, a grapple and resilient extensible 'means securing the grapple to the outer platform.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SIMANIK. Witnesses W. H. TENNANT, B. MOGIFFIN. 

